The Ghost

The Ghost

Script Fee: $150.00 Licensing: $65.00 per performance
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Genre: Techno-Thriller

Format: Virtual Performance

Keywords: Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Friendship, Cyberbullying

Cast Size: 13 (any gender)

Duration: 90 minutes

Time Period: Contemporary

Cautions: Mild Adult Language, Bullying, Reference to Suicide

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As a prodigious young hacker suffers another year of relentless bullying from her classmates, she is faced with a proposition from an enigmatic tech CEO: to participate in an experimental project aimed at uploading her consciousness to the Cloud. But when she discovers the hidden catch of this Faustian bargain—that she will be the company’s first “digital employee,” an eternal corporate slave—she must figure out how to escape her virtual prison and evade her captor: a sentient, malevolent AI entity named Copernicus. Her old classmates, meanwhile, are shocked by her mysterious disappearance and come to terms with the consequences of their cyberbullying. Led by a rogue software program, they embark on a dangerous mission to destroy Copernicus, take down the unscrupulous CEO, and save their cybernetic friend.

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Our pricing is simple and transparent. Each play includes two parts: a one-time script fee of $150, which grants you immediate access to the play and permission to copy and share it within your program; and a performance license of $65 per performance, which covers your live productions for the selected license duration.

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Praise for This Play

"We approachedThe Ghost as a video play, and my students were fascinated by how cinematic and eerie it felt. The dialogue is sharp and natural, and it challenged them to think deeply about  the ethics of technology. They loved analyzing the story and experimenting with digital storytelling techniques!" - Mary Beth Kordik, Mather High School